[Cialug] [Cialug]wifi

[Tony Bibbs]

"x:ABC123" where "ABC123"

<rant>
This isn't a huge deal, but this is the sort of stuff that makes Linux 
hard for non-geeks.  A non-geek should be able to go in, set the essid 
and WEP key and be done with it without having to know "x:" or whatever 
it is.

This was eluded too earlier as well, but the fact that very few distro's 
do a good job detecting wireless hardware and allow you to set them up 
during installation is a another sticking point for me.
</rant>

I know, I know, down the source and do something about it...

--Tony

David Champion wrote:

> You should probably only need to set:
>
> > wireless_essid
>
> This is your access point's ID
>
> > wireless_enc_key
>
> This is your encryption key. If you're giving it a Hex id, you have to 
> put something in front of the key... I don't recall off-hand what it 
> is, but it's like "x:ABC123" where "ABC123" is your key.
>
> I will verify that for you later if you can't find it elsewhere.
>
> -dc
>
> Dan Hockey wrote:
>
>> David Champion wrote:
>>
>>> The gui tool for this is "drakxconf", then choose "networking". I 
>>> don't recall if 9.2 allows you to enter the WEP key in the gui tool. 
>>> If not, I'll give you the proper structure for your config file when 
>>> I get home tonite. It goes in your 
>>> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth<x> files.
>>>
>> so far i've yet to find any wep settings in drakxconf until I went 
>> through it again and found a little "expert" check box in the lower 
>> left corner. now this bings up more options which are:
>> wireless_mode - which brings up a drop down menu with these options: 
>> ad-hoc,managed,master,repeater,secondary,and auto
>> wireless_essid
>> wireless_nwid
>> wireless_freq
>> wireless_rate
>> wireless_enc_key
>> wireless_rts
>> wireless_frag
>> wireless_iwconfig
>> wireless_iwspy
>> wireless_iwpriv
>> some of the above also show up when I run iwconf, alot of which I 
>> have no idea what they mean
>>
>>
>>
>>> You can also do as Nathan suggests, and set it manually using iwconfig.
>>>
>>> Mandrake 10.1 has greatly improved it's wireless support, including 
>>> a tool to let you switch between wireless networks. I did an update 
>>> from 9.2 to 10.1 on my laptop, and it went very smoothly.
>>>
>> 10.1 community or official?
>>
>>> -dc
>>>
>>> Nathan C. Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>> This would be a good topic for a future meeting.  A lot of people are
>>>> frustrated with Linux on a laptop when their wireless card does not
>>>> immediately work.  It would be good to find the drivers for the 
>>>> device you
>>>> want to use, manually load and use the drivers and then set up the 
>>>> config
>>>> files to automatically load the drivers.
>>>>
>> go for it. i'm pulling my hair out tring to get wep working
>>
>>>> If you have iwconfig (man iwconfig) you can make wireless settings 
>>>> changes
>>>> with that from the command line - ssid, etc.  Then use ifconfig 
>>>> eth# up and
>>>> dhclient eth# to get an IP address.  Some versions of ifconfig seem 
>>>> to offer
>>>> better wireless card controls than others.  There are some 
>>>> linux-specific
>>>> tools for the Orinoco cards as well, but I've never used them.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe there are better config tools in your distro.
>>>>
>>>> -Nate
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Dan Hockey [mailto:icepuck1701@mchsi.com] Sent: Sunday, 
>>>> November 21, 2004 6:22 PM
>>>> To: cialug@cialug.org
>>>> Subject: [Cialug] [Cialug]wifi
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> how do i setup wep on mdk9.2 now that i have the right orinoco gold 
>>>> card? what is there for gui based tools for seting up wep. i've 
>>>> looked on google and it comes up with wep cracks insted.
>>>> -dh
>>>
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